The Waltz dance originated in the suburbs of Vienna and in the alpine region of Austria. As early as the seventeenth century, waltzes were played in the ballrooms of the Hapsburg court. Its basic steps could be learned in relatively short time.

The waltz was given a tremendous boost around 1830 by two great Austrian composers - Franz Lanner and Johann Strauss - who set the standard for the Viennese Waltz (a very fast version of the waltz). Today, the Waltz has emerged in two accepted forms, both reflecting the main characteristics of the dance. They are known as the Modern Waltz and the Viennese (Quick) Waltz. The current tempo of Waltz is set at 28-30 bars per minute.

Tango (the dance with the stop "Baille Con Carte") is one of the most fascinating of all dances. Originating in Spain or Morocco, the Tango was introduced to the New World by the Spanish settlers, eventually coming back to Spain with Black and Creole influences.

In the early 19th Century, the Tango was a solo dance performed by the woman. The Adualisian Tango was later done by one or two couples walking together using castanets. The dance was soon considered immoral with its flirting music!

Ballroom Tango originated in the lower class of Buenos Aires, especially in the "Bario de las Ranas". Clothing was dictated by full skirts for the woman and gauchos with high boots and spurs for the man. The current tempo of Tango is set at 31-33 bars per minute.

The Foxtrot originated in the summer of 1914 by Vaudeville actor Harry Fox on the roof of the New York Theatre. As part of his act, Harry Fox was doing trotting steps to ragtime music, and people referred to his dance as "Fox's Trot."

The Foxtrot was the most significant development in all of ballroom dancing. The combination of quick and slow steps permits more flexibility and gives much greater dancing pleasure than the one-step and two-step which it has replaced. There is more variety in the fox-trot than in any other dance, and in some ways it is the hardest dance to learn! Variations of the foxtrot include the Peabody, the Quickstep and Roseland foxtrot. The current tempo of Foxtrotz is set at 28-30 bars per minute.

The Quickstep is off spin from the Foxtrot & Charleston in the 1930s & 1940s and finally through 1950s &1960s it became the popular classic Quickstep.

And at its most advanced, the quickstep is danced with combination of body swing movements and syncopated hops and impressive speed and the signature of Quickstep is 4/4 in 50bars per minute.